Drill box



J. C. SMITH Dec. 25, 1956 DRILL BOX Filed Dan. 12, 1955 INVENTOR. JOSE/=17 a. .s/w/m BY W United States P t nfo" DRILL BOX Joseph C. Smith, Scarsdale, N. Y., assignor to Durex Hardware Manufacturing Corp., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 12, 1955, Serial No. 552,510

7 Claims. (Cl. 206-17) My present invention relates to containers and more particularly to a container adapted to retain and make readily available a complete set of drills of graduated size. The principal object of my invention is the provision of a container for a set of graduated drills so arranged that when the cover of the container is opened, the support means for the plurality of graduated drills is automatically shifted into position for easy access to each of the drills while at the same time when the cover of the container is closed, the drill support means is rotated flat into the container with means provided in the container for maintaining the drills in position in the support means irrespective of shifting or movement of the container itself.

My invention particularly contemplates the arrangement of a container for a graduated set of drills in such manner that a swingable support or housing member for the drills is rotatably and translatably mounted within the container and also connected by a link to the cover so that movement of the cover from the closed position to a position substantially 90 from the closed position will cause the housing or support means for the drills to translate and rotate to a position substantially normal to its original position so that the drills become readily accessible.

Also, when the cover is closed, the translation and rotation of the housing for the drills will cause the housing and the drills to be laid substantially flat in the container, and spacer means provided in the container will cooperate with the graduated drills in order to hold the same in position so that they will not fall out or shift in response to various movements of the container.

The foregoing and many other objects of 'my invention will become apparent in the following description and drawings in which:

Figure l is a view in perspective of my novel drill housing in open position. I

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of my novel drill container in the closed position.

Figure 3 is a view corresponding to that of Figure 2 showing my novel drill container in partly open position.

Figure 4 is a view in perspective corresponding to Figures 2 and 3 showing my novel drill container in full open position.

Referring to the drawings, my novel container 10, which preferably may he made of metal although it may be made of any other suitable material, is provided with a front wall 11, a rear wall 12, side walls 13, 14 and a bottom wall 15. Theupper margin of the rear wall 12 carries rotatably secured thereto in any suitable manner as by the hinge 16 the swingable cover. 17 which may be rotated. manually from the closed position of Figure. 2 to the open position of Figure 4. The graduated drill support housing 21 is provided on the-interior of the container. The housing 20 is itself a container provided 2,775,342 Patented Dec. 25, 1956 with a plurality of stepped upper surfaces 21, 22, 23,

smaller in size, the length of the drill bits to be used therein changes and that is the reason for the stepped arrangement of the surfaces 21, 22, 23; that is, the stepped arrangement of the surfaces ensures that some portion of the drills or drill bits will extend out of the openings 24 so that they may be manually grasped.

Also, and where desired, the surfaces 21, 22, 23 may be sloped from one side to the other of the housing 20, being lower where the openings are smaller and higher Where the openings are larger in order to ensure that portions of the drill bits will extend sufficiently out of the openings to be manually grasped.

Although it is not essential, nevertheless for a finished appearance, upwardly extending flanges 30, relatively short in height, may extend around the surfaces 21, 22, 23.

It will be obvious that the drill bits will thus readily be supported in the housing 20 by means of the openings 24. Also, although it is not essential, recesses (not shown) may be provided at the base of the housing 20 to receive the lower ends of the drill bits. While the housing 20 is here shown as a casting of sheet material, it will be obvious also that a solid block may be used with appropriate longitudinal'holes bored, cast or molded therein terminating in the openings 24 in order to support the drills.

The lower front corner of the housing 20 is provided on each side with the roller 32 rotatably mounted on the axle 33. If desired, a single axle 33 and roller 32 may be used, although in the present embodiment a separate roller 32 and a separate stub axle 33 on each side may be used. The side walls 13 and 14 on each side are provided with the retaining rails 35 spaced above the bottom wall 15 on each side by slightly more than the diameter of the roller 32 on each side. Consequently, the lower end of the housing 20 is captured so that the lower front corner of the housing 20 is always spaced at the same distance above the bottom wall 15 irrespective of the open or closed position of the cover 17 or any position in between.

Each side of the housing 20 is provided with the slide 40 rotatably secured to the side of the housing 20 on each side in such manner that it may rotate in a plane parallel to the side on which it is mounted. A link 41 is slidably captured in the slide 40 on each side, the upper end of the link 41 being pivotally secured at the pivot 42 to the lug 43 secured to the cover 17.

It will thus be seen by a comparison of Figures 2, 3 and 4 that as the cover 17 is moved from the closed to the open position, the link 41 cooperating with the slide 40 on the housing 20 lifts the front or upper end of the housing 20 upwardly so that when the cover is fully open, the housing 20 is erected and the drill bits contained thereby are in the vertical accessible position.

During this operation, the roller 32 in the front lower corner of the housing rolls from the position of Figure 2 where the roller 32 is adjacent the rear Wall 12 toward the front 'wall 11, thereby providing a translatable .pivot for the front lower corner of the housing 20 to permit the cover .17 to be opened and to permit the housing to swing from the horizontal to the vertical position.

As above pointed out, the rail 35 confines the roller 32 so that this translationof the pivot can occur. Like- Wise, when the cover 17 is moved to the closed position, the roller move back from the Position Off Figure "4 to the position of Figure 2, permitting the housing 20 to swing 90 clockwise and the cover to be closed. If desired, the cover 17 may be provided with any suittable opening 50 by which it may be hung on a wall sothat the drills may be readily accessible at any point.

In order to retain the drills in positionin the container and to prevent their falling out of th'e housing, I also provide the stepped spacer member 52 having 'the spacing surfaces 53, 1, 55 which cooperate, respectively, with the drills mounted in the openings of surfiaces 21, 22,23 in order to block movement of the drills 60 from out of the housing when the container is closed;

By this means, therefiore, I provide a simplified housing consisting of a small number of separate par-ts which will readily hold and space the drills and make them readily accessible'when-the coveris open.

One of the important features of my invention is the provision not merely ofa swing-ing housing -20 but of a unitary housing 20 where allof the drill members are supported in a plurality of rows in a single housing which pivots and translates unitarily toward the 'open position. This obviates the difiiculties whic'h'have previously arisen in connection with multiple housings on multiple units in prior attempts to solve the problem and makes unnecessary also the utilization of separate drill boxes or separate compartments for drill boxes for Various sizes of drills.

In the foregoing the invention has been described solely in connection with specific illustrative embodiments thereof. Since many variations and modifications of the invention will 'now be obvious to those skilled in the art, I prefer to be bound not by the specific disclosures herein contained but only by the appended claims.

1 claim:

1. A drill container having a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall, rear wall and a cover hingedly'mounted' on said rear wall; a unitary housing for drills, said container having a rail at each side parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall, normal to the rear wall and extending to a point adjacent the rear wal-Lmeans atthe trout lower end of the housing below and engageable by the rail on each side and movable below the rail to form a-tran-slatatble pivot for said front lower end of the housing; the housing being thus retained in the container and said means being retained intermediate said rails and said bottom wall and engageable with said bottom wall, and a connection between the housing and the cover for erecting the housing when 'the cover is swung open and rotating and translating the housing on its side when the cover is closed.

2. A drill container having a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall, rear wall and a cover-hingedly mounted on said rear wall; a unitary housing for a plurality ofrows of drills, said container having a rail at" each side'parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall, normal to the rear wall and extending to a point adjacent the rear w'a-ll, means at the front lower end of the housin-g'below'a'nd engageable by the rail on each side and movable'below the rail to form a translatable pivot for said front lower end of the housing; the housing being thus retained in the container and said means being retained intermediate said rails and said bottom wall and enga-geable with said bottom wall, and a connection between the'housing and the cover for erecting the housing when the 'cover is swung open and rotating and translating the housing on its side when the cover is closed.

3. A drill container having a bot-tom wall, side walls, a front wall, rear wall and a cover hinged-1y mounted on said rear wall; 'a unitary housing for drills, said container having a rail ateach side parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall, normal to the rear wall and extending to a point adjacentthe rear wall, roller means at'the front lower end of the housing btslowandengageable by the when each side and movable below the rail to form a translatable pivot for said front lower end of the housing; the housing being thus retained in the container and said roller means being retained intermediate said rai-ls and said bottom wall and engageable with said bottom wall and a connection between the housing and the cover dor erecting the housing when the cover is swung :open and rotating and translating the housing on its side when the cover is closed.

4. A drill container having a'bottom wall, side walls, a front wall, rear wall and a cover hingedly mounted on said rear wall; a unitary housing for a plurality of rows of drills of different lengths, said container having a rail at each side parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall, normal to the rear wall and extending (to a point adjacent the rear wall, means at the front lower end of the housing below and engageabl-e by the rail on each side and movable below the rail to form a translatable pivot for said front lower end of the housing; the housing being thus retained in the container and said means being retained intermediate said rails and said bottom wall and engageable with said bottom wall, and a connection between the housing [and the cover for erecting the housing when the cover is swung open and rotating and translating the housing on its side when the cover is closed, and stepped spacer means at the front wall of the container for retaining the drills in position when the cover is closed. 7

5. A drill container having a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall, rear wall and :a cover h-ingedly mounted on said rear wall; a unitary housing tor drills, said container having a rail at each side parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall, normal to the rear wall and extending'to a point adjacent the rear wall, means at the front lower end of the housing below and engage-able by the rail on each side and movable below the rail to form a translatable pivot for said front lower end of the housing, the housing having a pivotal slide member on each side; the housing being thus retained in the container and said means being retained intermediate said rails :and saidbotto'rn wall :and engageable with said bottom wall, and a link pivotally connected to the cover on each side and engaged by the slide member 'of the housing on each side for erecting the housing when the cover is swung open and rotating and translating the housing on its side when the cover is closed.

6. A drill container having a bottom wall, side walls, a 'front wall, rear wall and a-cover hin-gedly mounted on said rear wall, a unitary housing for a plurality of rows of drills of diflerent lengths, said container having a rail at each side parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall, normal "to the rear wall and extending to a point :adjacent the rear wall, roller means at the trout lower end of the housing below and engageable by the rail on each side and movable below the rail to form a translatable pivot for said front lower end of the housing; the housing being thus retained in the container :and said roller means being retained intermediate said rails and said bottom wall and engageable with said bottom wall and a connection between the housing and the cover for erecting the housing when the cover is swung open and rotating and translating the housing on its side when the cover is :closed, and stepped spacer means at the front wall of the container for retaining the drills in position when the cover is closed.

7. A drill container having a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall, rear wall and a cover hin-gedly mounted on said rear wall, .a unitary housing for a plurality of rows of drills of different lengths, said container having a rail at each side parallel to and spaced from the bottom wall normal to the rear wall and extending to a point adjacent the rear wall, roller means at the front lower end of the housing below and engageab-le by the rail on each side and movable below the rail to form a translatable pivot for said front lower end of the housing, the housing being 'th'us retained in the container and said roller -means being retained intermediate said rails and said bot- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Lewis July 1 0, 1934 =Rahm et a1. Mar. 30, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS France Aug. 5, 19 30 (Addition to No. 652,553) Denmark June 3, 1940 

